Capybara babies drawing crowds
People in central Japan are oohing and aahing over a litter of newborn capybaras.Three of the furry critters were born ...
read moreMatsuzakaya eyes summer gifts to counteract tax hike
A department store in central Japan is hoping to fight a slowdown in the wake of a tax hike.Japan’s sales tax was raise...
read moreFukushima Update #37 “Restarts Trumping Contingency Plans”
The Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan could become the first to restart under the new safety regulations, but l...
read moreRestarts Trumping Contingency Plans
The Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan could become the first to restart under the new safety regulations, but l...
read moreResidents wary of waste storage facility
Government officials have briefed the residents of two municipalities in Fukushima about their plan to build a massive f...
read more“ICE WALL” construction begins
Engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have started a massive project to isolate the crippled reactors behind ...
read moreSoftBank debuts ‘emotional’ robot Pepper
Japan’s tech giant SoftBank took the wraps of a new “emotional” robot today.CEO Masayoshi Son introduced the robot name...
read moreBees swarm outside train station
A strange site greeted commuters in southern Japan this morning.A swarm of honeybees found a comfortable spot to rest n...
read moreDementia-related missing person cases on the rise
Police in Japan received over 10,000 dementia-related missing person reports last year. With the number of elderly risin...
read moreJapan, EU warn Russia on Ukraine
Japan and the EU have agreed to tighten sanctions on Russia if the situation in Ukraine worsens.Japan’s Prime Minister ...
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